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HAT PIN. No 599,526. Patented Feb. 22,1898.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 599,526, dated February22, 1898.

Application filed April 12, 1897.

To 60% whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, WILLIAM R. GORRELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oarsins Run, in the county of I-Iarford and State oflWIaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iator Shawl Pins; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to a hat or shawl pin; and the object is toprovide a device of this character by means of which the pin after ithas been attached will not accidentally become disengaged.

With this object in view the invention consists of certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fullyset forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedpin, and Fig. 2 is a similar View of another form of my invention.

111 Fig. 1, 1 denotes the shank of the pin, which is of usualconstruction. At the rear end the shank is bent outwardly, as shown at2, thence upwardly, as shown at 3, thence inclined inwardly anddownwardly, as shown at 4, thence coiled to form a spring 5. Thence itis bent upwardly, as shown at 6, thence downwardly, as shown at '7,inwardly, as shown at 8, thence downwardly, as shown at 9, and thenceinwardly and formed with a point, as shown at 10. This constructionprovides two spring-arms Ct b,the energy of the spring being exerted toforce the safety-point into the material when the body of the pin isinserted therethrough and thus prevent its accidental withdrawal.

In attaching the pin its spring-arms a and b are grasped between thefinger and thumb and compressed to raise the safety-hook away from theshank of the pin. The pin is then inserted into the goods and byreleasing the pressure of the spring-arms a and b the spring Serial No.631,718. (No model.)

will force the hook into the goods and prevent the removal of the pinuntil the said arms are compressed together.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2 I have formed the shank of the pinwith an eye 0, adapted to receive the safety-hook. This constructionwill more effectually prevent the accidental disengagement of thesafety-hook with the material through which the pin has been passed.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made asclearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from thespirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. The herein-descriloed pin provided with thediverging spring-arms a, b, the pin-shank 1, connected to one of saidarms and the safety-point 10 connected to the other arm, said point 10,normally lying across the plane of the shank 1 to hold-the pin into thematerial, the arms a, b, serving to withdraw the point 10, when pressedtogether, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described pin provided with the diverging spring-arms a b,the pin-shank 1 having the eye 0, said shank connected to one of saidarms, and the safety-point 10 connected to the other arm, said point 10normally projecting through the eye 0 and lying across the plane of theshank 1 to hold the pin into the material, the arms a b when pressedtogether serving to withdraw the point l(l,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WVM. R. GORRELL.

"Witnesses:

R. H. WEBSTER, D. K. PRITGHARD.

